Some code paths want to access members of the mbedtls_rsa_context structure.
We can only do that when using our own implementation, as otherwise we don't
know anything about that structure.
When parsing a PKCS#1 RSAPrivateKey structure, all parameters are always
present. After importing them, we need to call rsa_complete() for the sake of
alternative implementations. That function interprets zero as a signal for
"this parameter was not provided". As that's never the case, we mustn't pass
any zero value to that function, so we need to explicitly check for it.
This reverts commit 7550e857bf, reversing
changes made to d0c2575324.
stat() will never return S_IFLNK as the file type, as stat()
explicitly follows symlinks.
Fixes#3005.
If Y was constructed through functions in this module, then Y->n == 0
iff Y->p == NULL. However we do not prevent filling mpi structures
manually, and zero may be represented with n=0 and p a valid pointer.
Most of the code can cope with such a representation, but for the
source of mbedtls_mpi_copy, this would cause an integer underflow.
Changing the test for zero from Y->p==NULL to Y->n==0 causes this case
to work at no extra cost.
When mbedtls_x509_crt_parse_path() checks each object in the supplied path, it only processes regular files. This change makes it also accept a symlink to a file. Fixes#3005.
This was observed to be a problem on Fedora/CentOS/RHEL systems, where the ca-bundle in the default location is actually a symlink.
* origin/mbedtls-2.16:
Fix some pylint warnings
Enable more test cases without MBEDTLS_MEMORY_DEBUG
More accurate test case description
Clarify that the "FATAL" message is expected
Note that mbedtls_ctr_drbg_seed() must not be called twice
Fix CTR_DRBG benchmark
Changelog entry for xxx_drbg_set_entropy_len before xxx_drbg_seed
CTR_DRBG: support set_entropy_len() before seed()
CTR_DRBG: Don't use functions before they're defined
HMAC_DRBG: support set_entropy_len() before seed()
The functions mbedtls_ctr_drbg_random() and
mbedtls_ctr_drbg_random_with_add() could return 0 if an AES function
failed. This could only happen with alternative AES
implementations (the built-in implementation of the AES functions
involved never fail), typically due to a failure in a hardware
accelerator.
Bug reported and fix proposed by Johan Uppman Bruce and Christoffer
Lauri, Sectra.
In ssl_parse_hello_verify_request, we read 3 bytes (version and cookie
length) without checking that there are that many bytes left in
ssl->in_msg. This could potentially read from memory outside of the
ssl->receive buffer (which would be a remotely exploitable
crash).
In ssl_parse_hello_verify_request, we print cookie_len bytes without
checking that there are that many bytes left in ssl->in_msg. This
could potentially log data outside the received message (not a big
deal) and could potentially read from memory outside of the receive
buffer (which would be a remotely exploitable crash).
* restricted/pr/667: (24 commits)
Add ChangeLog entry
mpi_lt_mpi_ct: fix condition handling
mpi_lt_mpi_ct: Add further tests
mpi_lt_mpi_ct: Fix test numbering
mpi_lt_mpi_ct perform tests for both limb size
ct_lt_mpi_uint: cast the return value explicitely
mbedtls_mpi_lt_mpi_ct: add tests for 32 bit limbs
mbedtls_mpi_lt_mpi_ct: simplify condition
Rename variable for better readability
mbedtls_mpi_lt_mpi_ct: Improve documentation
Make mbedtls_mpi_lt_mpi_ct more portable
Bignum: Document assumptions about the sign field
Add more tests for mbedtls_mpi_lt_mpi_ct
mpi_lt_mpi_ct test: hardcode base 16
Document ct_lt_mpi_uint
mpi_lt_mpi_ct: make use of unsigned consistent
ct_lt_mpi_uint: make use of biL
Change mbedtls_mpi_cmp_mpi_ct to check less than
mbedtls_mpi_cmp_mpi_ct: remove multiplications
Remove excess vertical space
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This issue has been reported by Tuba Yavuz, Farhaan Fowze, Ken (Yihang) Bai,
Grant Hernandez, and Kevin Butler (University of Florida) and
Dave Tian (Purdue University).
In AES encrypt and decrypt some variables were left on the stack. The value
of these variables can be used to recover the last round key. To follow best
practice and to limit the impact of buffer overread vulnerabilities (like
Heartbleed) we need to zeroize them before exiting the function.
In the case of *ret we might need to preserve a 0 value throughout the
loop and therefore we need an extra condition to protect it from being
overwritten.
The value of done is always 1 after *ret has been set and does not need
to be protected from overwriting. Therefore in this case the extra
condition can be removed.
The code relied on the assumptions that CHAR_BIT is 8 and that unsigned
does not have padding bits.
In the Bignum module we already assume that the sign of an MPI is either
-1 or 1. Using this, we eliminate the above mentioned dependency.
The signature of mbedtls_mpi_cmp_mpi_ct() meant to support using it in
place of mbedtls_mpi_cmp_mpi(). This meant full comparison functionality
and a signed result.
To make the function more universal and friendly to constant time
coding, we change the result type to unsigned. Theoretically, we could
encode the comparison result in an unsigned value, but it would be less
intuitive.
Therefore we won't be able to represent the result as unsigned anymore
and the functionality will be constrained to checking if the first
operand is less than the second. This is sufficient to support the
current use case and to check any relationship between MPIs.
The only drawback is that we need to call the function twice when
checking for equality, but this can be optimised later if an when it is
needed.
Multiplication is known to have measurable timing variations based on
the operands. For example it typically is much faster if one of the
operands is zero. Remove them from constant time code.
The blinding applied to the scalar before modular inversion is
inadequate. Bignum is not constant time/constant trace, side channel
attacks can retrieve the blinded value, factor it (it is smaller than
RSA keys and not guaranteed to have only large prime factors). Then the
key can be recovered by brute force.
Reducing the blinded value makes factoring useless because the adversary
can only recover pk*t+z*N instead of pk*t.
mbedtls_ctr_drbg_seed() always set the entropy length to the default,
so a call to mbedtls_ctr_drbg_set_entropy_len() before seed() had no
effect. Change this to the more intuitive behavior that
set_entropy_len() sets the entropy length and seed() respects that and
only uses the default entropy length if there was no call to
set_entropy_len().
The former test-only function mbedtls_ctr_drbg_seed_entropy_len() is
no longer used, but keep it for strict ABI compatibility.
Move the definitions of mbedtls_ctr_drbg_seed_entropy_len() and
mbedtls_ctr_drbg_seed() to after they are used. This makes the code
easier to read and to maintain.
mbedtls_hmac_drbg_seed() always set the entropy length to the default,
so a call to mbedtls_hmac_drbg_set_entropy_len() before seed() had no
effect. Change this to the more intuitive behavior that
set_entropy_len() sets the entropy length and seed() respects that and
only uses the default entropy length if there was no call to
set_entropy_len().
* origin/pr/2860: (26 commits)
config.pl full: exclude MBEDTLS_CTR_DRBG_USE_128_BIT_KEY
mbedtls_hmac_drbg_set_entropy_len() only matters when reseeding
mbedtls_ctr_drbg_set_entropy_len() only matters when reseeding
mbedtls_ctr_drbg_seed: correct maximum for len
Add a note about CTR_DRBG security strength to config.h
Move MBEDTLS_CTR_DRBG_USE_128_BIT_KEY to the correct section
CTR_DRBG: more consistent formatting and wording
CTR_DRBG documentation: further wording improvements
CTR_DRBG: Improve the explanation of security strength
CTR_DRBG: make it easier to understand the security strength
HMAC_DRBG: note that the initial seeding grabs entropy for the nonce
Use standard terminology to describe the personalization string
Do note that xxx_drbg_random functions reseed with PR enabled
Consistently use \c NULL and \c 0
Also mention HMAC_DRBG in the changelog entry
HMAC_DRBG: improve the documentation of the entropy length
HMAC_DRBG documentation improvements clarifications
More CTR_DRBG documentation improvements and clarifications
Fix wording
Remove warning that the previous expanded discussion has obsoleted
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* origin/mbedtls-2.16:
Changelog entry
Check for zero length and NULL buffer pointer
ssl-opt.sh: wait for proxy to start before running the script further
Adapt ChangeLog
Fix mpi_bigendian_to_host() on bigendian systems
This patch fixes an issue we encountered with more stringent compiler
warnings. The signature_is_good variable has a possibility of being
used uninitialized. This patch moves the use of the variable to a
place where it cannot be used while uninitialized.
Signed-off-by: Andy Gross <andy.gross@linaro.org>
According to SP800-90A, the DRBG seeding process should use a nonce
of length `security_strength / 2` bits as part of the DRBG seed. It
further notes that this nonce may be drawn from the same source of
entropy that is used for the first `security_strength` bits of the
DRBG seed. The present HMAC DRBG implementation does that, requesting
`security_strength * 3 / 2` bits of entropy from the configured entropy
source in total to form the initial part of the DRBG seed.
However, some entropy sources may have thresholds in terms of how much
entropy they can provide in a single call to their entropy gathering
function which may be exceeded by the present HMAC DRBG implementation
even if the threshold is not smaller than `security_strength` bits.
Specifically, this is the case for our own entropy module implementation
which only allows requesting at most 32 Bytes of entropy at a time
in configurations disabling SHA-512, and this leads to runtime failure
of HMAC DRBG when used with Mbed Crypto' own entropy callbacks in such
configurations.
This commit fixes this by splitting the seed entropy acquisition into
two calls, one requesting `security_strength` bits first, and another
one requesting `security_strength / 2` bits for the nonce.
Fixes#237.
All modules using restartable ECC operations support passing `NULL`
as the restart context as a means to not use the feature.
The restart contexts for ECDSA and ECP are nested, and when calling
restartable ECP operations from restartable ECDSA operations, the
address of the ECP restart context to use is calculated by adding
the to the address of the ECDSA restart context the offset the of
the ECP restart context.
If the ECP restart context happens to not reside at offset `0`, this
leads to a non-`NULL` pointer being passed to restartable ECP
operations from restartable ECDSA-operations; those ECP operations
will hence assume that the pointer points to a valid ECP restart
address and likely run into a segmentation fault when trying to
dereference the non-NULL but close-to-NULL address.
The problem doesn't arise currently because luckily the ECP restart
context has offset 0 within the ECDSA restart context, but we should
not rely on it.
This commit fixes the passage from restartable ECDSA to restartable ECP
operations by propagating NULL as the restart context pointer.
Apart from being fragile, the previous version could also lead to
NULL pointer dereference failures in ASanDbg builds which dereferenced
the ECDSA restart context even though it's not needed to calculate the
address of the offset'ed ECP restart context.
* origin/mbedtls-2.16:
Changelog entry for HAVEGE fix
Prevent building the HAVEGE module on platforms where it doesn't work
Fix misuse of signed ints in the HAVEGE module
The failure of mbedtls_md was not checked in one place. This could have led
to an incorrect computation if a hardware accelerator failed. In most cases
this would have led to the key exchange failing, so the impact would have been
a hard-to-diagnose error reported in the wrong place. If the two sides of the
key exchange failed in the same way with an output from mbedtls_md that was
independent of the input, this could have led to an apparently successful key
exchange with a predictable key, thus a glitching md accelerator could have
caused a security vulnerability.
* origin/pr/2700:
Changelog entry for HAVEGE fix
Prevent building the HAVEGE module on platforms where it doesn't work
Fix misuse of signed ints in the HAVEGE module
* restricted/pr/582:
Add a test for signing content with a long ECDSA key
Add documentation notes about the required size of the signature buffers
Add missing MBEDTLS_ECP_C dependencies in check_config.h
Change size of preallocated buffer for pk_sign() calls
* origin/pr/2714:
programs: Make `make clean` clean all programs always
ssl_tls: Enable Suite B with subset of ECP curves
windows: Fix Release x64 configuration
timing: Remove redundant include file
net_sockets: Fix typo in net_would_block()
* origin/pr/2701:
Add all.sh component that exercises invalid_param checks
Remove mbedtls_param_failed from programs
Make it easier to define MBEDTLS_PARAM_FAILED as assert
Make test suites compatible with #include <assert.h>
Pass -m32 to the linker as well
Introduce a new configuration option MBEDTLS_CHECK_PARAMS_ASSERT,
which is disabled by default. When this option is enabled,
MBEDTLS_PARAM_FAILED defaults to assert rather than to a call to
mbedtls_param_failed, and <assert.h> is included.
This fixes#2671 (no easy way to make MBEDTLS_PARAM_FAILED assert)
without breaking backward compatibility. With this change,
`config.pl full` runs tests with MBEDTLS_PARAM_FAILED set to assert,
so the tests will fail if a validation check fails, and programs don't
need to provide their own definition of mbedtls_param_failed().
If int is not capable of storing as many values as unsigned, the code
may generate a trap value. If signed int and unsigned int aren't
32-bit types, the code may calculate meaningless values.
The elements of the HAVEGE state are manipulated with bitwise
operations, with the expectations that the elements are 32-bit
unsigned integers (or larger). But they are declared as int, and so
the code has undefined behavior. Clang with Asan correctly points out
some shifts that reach the sign bit.
Use unsigned int internally. This is technically an aliasing violation
since we're accessing an array of `int` via a pointer to `unsigned
int`, but since we don't access the array directly inside the same
function, it's very unlikely to be compiled in an unintended manner.
- Explain the use of explicit ASN.1 tagging for the extensions structuree
- Remove misleading comment which suggests that mbedtls_x509_get_ext()
also parsed the header of the first extension, which is not the case.
Some functions within the X.509 module return an ASN.1 low level
error code where instead this error code should be wrapped by a
high-level X.509 error code as in the bulk of the module.
Specifically, the following functions are affected:
- mbedtls_x509_get_ext()
- x509_get_version()
- x509_get_uid()
This commit modifies these functions to always return an
X.509 high level error code.
Care has to be taken when adapting `mbetls_x509_get_ext()`:
Currently, the callers `mbedtls_x509_crt_ext()` treat the
return code `MBEDTLS_ERR_ASN1_UNEXPECTED_TAG` specially to
gracefully detect and continue if the extension structure is not
present. Wrapping the ASN.1 error with
`MBEDTLS_ERR_X509_INVALID_EXTENSIONS` and adapting the check
accordingly would mean that an unexpected tag somewhere
down the extension parsing would be ignored by the caller.
The way out of this is the following: Luckily, the extension
structure is always the last field in the surrounding structure,
so if there is some data remaining, it must be an Extension
structure, so we don't need to deal with a tag mismatch gracefully
in the first place.
We may therefore wrap the return code from the initial call to
`mbedtls_asn1_get_tag()` in `mbedtls_x509_get_ext()` by
`MBEDTLS_ERR_X509_INVALID_EXTENSIONS` and simply remove
the special treatment of `MBEDTLS_ERR_ASN1_UNEXPECTED_TAG`
in the callers `x509_crl_get_ext()` and `x509_crt_get_ext()`.
This renders `mbedtls_x509_get_ext()` unsuitable if it ever
happened that an Extension structure is optional and does not
occur at the end of its surrounding structure, but for CRTs
and CRLs, it's fine.
The following tests need to be adapted:
- "TBSCertificate v3, issuerID wrong tag"
The issuerID is optional, so if we look for its presence
but find a different tag, we silently continue and try
parsing the subjectID, and then the extensions. The tag '00'
used in this test doesn't match either of these, and the
previous code would hence return LENGTH_MISMATCH after
unsucessfully trying issuerID, subjectID and Extensions.
With the new code, any data remaining after issuerID and
subjectID _must_ be Extension data, so we fail with
UNEXPECTED_TAG when trying to parse the Extension data.
- "TBSCertificate v3, UIDs, invalid length"
The test hardcodes the expectation of
MBEDTLS_ERR_ASN1_INVALID_LENGTH, which needs to be
wrapped in MBEDTLS_ERR_X509_INVALID_FORMAT now.
Fixes#2431.
When parsing a substructure of an ASN.1 structure, no field within
the substructure must exceed the bounds of the substructure.
Concretely, the `end` pointer passed to the ASN.1 parsing routines
must be updated to point to the end of the substructure while parsing
the latter.
This was previously not the case for the routines
- x509_get_attr_type_and_value(),
- mbedtls_x509_get_crt_ext(),
- mbedtls_x509_get_crl_ext().
These functions kept using the end of the parent structure as the
`end` pointer and would hence allow substructure fields to cross
the substructure boundary. This could lead to successful parsing
of ill-formed X.509 CRTs.
This commit fixes this.
Care has to be taken when adapting `mbedtls_x509_get_crt_ext()`
and `mbedtls_x509_get_crl_ext()`, as the underlying function
`mbedtls_x509_get_ext()` returns `0` if no extensions are present
but doesn't set the variable which holds the bounds of the Extensions
structure in case the latter is present. This commit addresses
this by returning early from `mbedtls_x509_get_crt_ext()` and
`mbedtls_x509_get_crl_ext()` if parsing has reached the end of
the input buffer.
The following X.509 parsing tests need to be adapted:
- "TBSCertificate, issuer two inner set datas"
This test exercises the X.509 CRT parser with a Subject name
which has two empty `AttributeTypeAndValue` structures.
This is supposed to fail with `MBEDTLS_ERR_ASN1_OUT_OF_DATA`
because the parser should attempt to parse the first structure
and fail because of a lack of data. Previously, it failed to
obey the (0-length) bounds of the first AttributeTypeAndValue
structure and would try to interpret the beginning of the second
AttributeTypeAndValue structure as the first field of the first
AttributeTypeAndValue structure, returning an UNEXPECTED_TAG error.
- "TBSCertificate, issuer, no full following string"
This test exercises the parser's behaviour on an AttributeTypeAndValue
structure which contains more data than expected; it should therefore
fail with MBEDTLS_ERR_ASN1_LENGTH_MISMATCH. Because of the missing bounds
check, it previously failed with UNEXPECTED_TAG because it interpreted
the remaining byte in the first AttributeTypeAndValue structure as the
first byte in the second AttributeTypeAndValue structure.
- "SubjectAltName repeated"
This test should exercise two SubjectAltNames extensions in succession,
but a wrong length values makes the second SubjectAltNames extension appear
outside of the Extensions structure. With the new bounds in place, this
therefore fails with a LENGTH_MISMATCH error. This commit adapts the test
data to put the 2nd SubjectAltNames extension inside the Extensions
structure, too.
All of them are copied from (former) CRT and key files in `tests/data_files`.
For files which have been regenerated since they've been copied to `certs.c`,
update the copy.
Add declarations for DER encoded test CRTs to certs.h
Add DER encoded versions of CRTs to certs.c
fix comment in certs.c
Don't use (signed) char for DER encoded certificates
Consistently use `const char *` for test CRTs regardless of encoding
Remove non-sensical and unused PW variable for DER encoded key
Provide test CRTs in PEM and DER fmt, + pick suitable per config
This commit modifies `certs.h` and `certs.c` to start following the
following pattern for the provided test certificates and files:
- Raw test data is named `NAME_ATTR1_ATTR2_..._ATTRn`
For example, there are
`TEST_CA_CRT_{RSA|EC}_{PEM|DER}_{SHA1|SHA256}`.
- Derived test data with fewer attributes, iteratively defined as one
of the raw test data instances which suits the current configuration.
For example,
`TEST_CA_CRT_RSA_PEM`
is one of `TEST_CA_CRT_RSA_PEM_SHA1` or `TEST_CA_CRT_RSA_PEM_SHA256`,
depending on whether SHA-1 and/or SHA-256 are defined in the current
config.
Add missing public declaration of test key password
Fix signedness and naming mismatches
Further improve structure of certs.h and certs.c
Fix definition of mbedtls_test_cas test CRTs depending on config
Remove semicolon after macro string constant in certs.c
This commit improves hygiene and formatting of macro definitions
throughout the library. Specifically:
- It adds brackets around parameters to avoid unintended
interpretation of arguments, e.g. due to operator precedence.
- It adds uses of the `do { ... } while( 0 )` idiom for macros that
can be used as commands.
* restricted/pr/553:
Fix mbedtls_ecdh_get_params with new ECDH context
Add changelog entry for mbedtls_ecdh_get_params robustness
Fix ecdh_get_params with mismatching group
Add test case for ecdh_get_params with mismatching group
Add test case for ecdh_calc_secret
Fix typo in documentation
We were still reusing the internal HMAC-DRBG of the deterministic ECDSA
for blinding. This meant that with cryptographically low likelyhood the
result was not the same signature as the one the deterministic ECDSA
algorithm has to produce (however it is still a valid ECDSA signature).
To correct this we seed a second HMAC-DRBG with the same seed to restore
correct behavior. We also apply a label to avoid reusing the bits of the
ephemeral key for a different purpose and reduce the chance that they
leak.
This workaround can't be implemented in the restartable case without
penalising the case where external RNG is available or completely
defeating the purpose of the restartable feature, therefore in this case
the small chance of incorrect behavior remains.
`mbedtls_ecdsa_sign_det` reuses the internal HMAC-DRBG instance to
implement blinding. The advantage of this is that the algorithm is
deterministic too, not just the resulting signature. The drawback is
that the blinding is always the same for the same key and message.
This diminishes the efficiency of blinding and leaks information about
the private key.
A function that takes external randomness fixes this weakness.
* origin/pr/2436:
Use certificates from data_files and refer them
Specify server certificate to use in SHA-1 test
refactor CA and SRV certificates into separate blocks
refactor SHA-1 certificate defintions and assignment
refactor server SHA-1 certificate definition into a new block
define TEST_SRV_CRT_RSA_SOME in similar logic to TEST_CA_CRT_RSA_SOME
server SHA-256 certificate now follows the same logic as CA SHA-256 certificate
add entry to ChangeLog
* restricted/pr/550:
Update query_config.c
Fix failure in SSLv3 per-version suites test
Adjust DES exclude lists in test scripts
Clarify 3DES changes in ChangeLog
Fix documentation for 3DES removal
Exclude 3DES tests in test scripts
Fix wording of ChangeLog and 3DES_REMOVE docs
Reduce priority of 3DES ciphersuites
If mbedtls_ecdh_get_params is called with keys belonging to
different groups, make it return an error the second time, rather than
silently interpret the first key as being on the second curve.
This makes the non-regression test added by the previous commit pass.
Refactor the function mbedtls_asn1_write_bitstring() that removes
trailing 0s at the end of DER encoded bitstrings. The function is
implemented according to Hanno Becker's suggestions.
This commit also changes the functions x509write_crt_set_ns_cert_type
and crt_set_key_usage to call the new function as the use named
bitstrings instead of the regular bitstrings.
In mbedtls_mpi_exp_mod(), the limit check on wsize is never true when
MBEDTLS_MPI_WINDOW_SIZE is at least 6. Wrap in a preprocessor guard
to remove the dead code and resolve a Coverity finding from the
DEADCODE checker.
Change-Id: Ice7739031a9e8249283a04de11150565b613ae89
Fixes memory leak in mpi_miller_rabin() that occurs when the function has
failed to obtain a usable random 'A' 30 turns in a row.
Signed-off-by: Jens Wiklander <jens.wiklander@linaro.org>
Return the error code if failed, instead of returning value `1`.
If not failed, return the call of the underlying function,
in `mbedtls_ecdsa_genkey()`.
Use `cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Asan` rather than manually setting
`-fsanitize=address`. This lets cmake determine the necessary compiler
and linker flags.
With UNSAFE_BUILD on, force -Wno-error. This is necessary to build
with MBEDTLS_TEST_NULL_ENTROPY.
mbedtls_mpi_read_binary() calls memcpy() with the source pointer being
the source pointer passed to mbedtls_mpi_read_binary(), the latter may
be NULL if the buffer length is 0 (and this happens e.g. in the ECJPAKE
test suite). The behavior of memcpy(), in contrast, is undefined when
called with NULL source buffer, even if the length of the copy operation
is 0.
This commit fixes this by explicitly checking that the source pointer is
not NULL before calling memcpy(), and skipping the call otherwise.
Context: The function `mbedtls_mpi_fill_random()` uses a temporary stack
buffer to hold the random data before reading it into the target MPI.
Problem: This is inefficient both computationally and memory-wise.
Memory-wise, it may lead to a stack overflow on constrained devices with
limited stack.
Fix: This commit introduces the following changes to get rid of the
temporary stack buffer entirely:
1. It modifies the call to the PRNG to output the random data directly
into the target MPI's data buffer.
This alone, however, constitutes a change of observable behaviour:
The previous implementation guaranteed to interpret the bytes emitted by
the PRNG in a big-endian fashion, while rerouting the PRNG output into the
target MPI's limb array leads to an interpretation that depends on the
endianness of the host machine.
As a remedy, the following change is applied, too:
2. Reorder the bytes emitted from the PRNG within the target MPI's
data buffer to ensure big-endian semantics.
Luckily, the byte reordering was already implemented as part of
`mbedtls_mpi_read_binary()`, so:
3. Extract bigendian-to-host byte reordering from
`mbedtls_mpi_read_binary()` to a separate internal function
`mpi_bigendian_to_host()` to be used by `mbedtls_mpi_read_binary()`
and `mbedtls_mpi_fill_random()`.
The calls to cipher_finish didn't actually do anything:
- the cipher mode is always ECB
- in that case cipher_finish() only sets *olen to zero, and returns either 0
or an error depending on whether there was pending data
- olen is a local variable in the caller, so setting it to zero right before
returning is not essential
- the return value of cipher_finis() was not checked by the caller so that's
not useful either
- the cipher layer does not have ALT implementations so the behaviour
described above is unconditional on ALT implementations (in particular,
cipher_finish() can't be useful to hardware as (with ECB) it doesn't call any
functions from lower-level modules that could release resources for example)
Since the calls are causing issues with parameter validation, and were no
serving any functional purpose, it's simpler to just remove them.
Somehow, mbedtls_sha256_ret() is defined even if MBEDTLS_SHA256_ALT
is set, and it is using SHA256_VALIDATE_RET. The documentation should
be enhanced to indicate that MBEDTLS_SHA256_ALT does _not_ replace
the entire module, but only the core SHA-256 functions.
Somehow, mbedtls_sha512_ret() is defined even if MBEDTLS_SHA512_ALT
is set, and it is using SHA512_VALIDATE_RET. The documentation should
be enhanced to indicate that MBEDTLS_SHA512_ALT does _not_ replace
the entire module, but only the core SHA-512 functions.
Somehow, mbedtls_sha1_ret() is defined even if MBEDTLS_SHA1_ALT
is set, and it is using SHA1_VALIDATE_RET. The documentation should
be enhanced to indicate that MBEDTLS_SHA1_ALT does _not_ replace
the entire module, but only the core SHA-1 functions.
Document when a context must be initialized or not, when it must be
set up or not, and whether it needs a private key or a public key will
do.
The implementation is sometimes more liberal than the documentation,
accepting a non-set-up context as a context that can't perform the
requested information. This preserves backward compatibility.
The MPI_VALIDATE_RET() macro cannot be used for parameter
validation of mbedtls_mpi_lsb() because this function returns
a size_t.
Use the underlying MBEDTLS_INTERNAL_VALIDATE_RET() insteaed,
returning 0 on failure.
Also, add a test for this behaviour.
A 0-length buffer for the key is a legitimate edge case. Ensure that
it works, even with buf=NULL. Document the key and keylen parameters.
There are already test cases for parsing an empty buffer. A subsequent
commit will add tests for writing to an empty buffer.
Add checks for null pointers under MBEDTLS_CHECK_PARAMS.
In functions that perform operations with a context, only check if the
context pointer is non-null under MBEDTLS_CHECK_PARAMS. In the default
configuration, unconditionally dereference the context pointer.
In functions that query a context, support NULL as a
pointer-to-context argument, and return the same value as for a
context which has been initialized but not set up.
